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Film & TV
London, England
Primarily a classical stage actor, Julian Glover trained at the National Youth Theatre, performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and became a familiar face to British television viewers by appearing in many popular series during the 1960s and 1970s. His talent for accents and cold expression made him an ideal choice for playing refined villains. During the 1980s, Glover achieved some fame in…
Known for
- Borley Rectory: The Awakening — Harry Bull2026
- Waiting Room — Kenny2025
- Forever Young — Jim Petrak Senior2024
- Alec Guinness: A Class Act — self2024
- Moresnet — Stephan Pineau2024
- Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing — Self2023
- The Laureate — Alfred Graves2023
- TÁR — Andris Davis2022
- The Reverend and Mrs Simpson — Older Charles2022
- Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher — Lord Ashford2022
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Key facts
- Born
- Julian Wyatt Glover , ( 1935-03-27 ) 27 March 1935 (age 91) , Hampstead , London , England
- Alma mater
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1957–present
- Spouses
- Eileen Atkins ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1966 ) Isla Blair ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1968 )
- Children
- Jamie Glover
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Glover
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Hampstead
- Spouse
- Eileen Atkins
- Child
- Jamie Glover
- Sibling
- Robert Wyatt
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- Shakespearean comedy
- Image
- Julian Glover at Noris Force Con (cropped).jpg
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- Julian Glover
- date of birth
- 1935-03-27
- birth name
- Julian Wyatt Glover
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Julian Wyatt Glover (born 27 March 1935) is an English actor with many stage, television, and film roles. Classically trained, he is a recipient of the Laurence Olivier Award and has performed many times for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Glover's well-known film roles have included playing villains in several major motion picture franchises: General Maximilian Veers in The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Aristotle Kristatos in For Your Eyes Only (1981), and Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). He has also appeared as Brian Harcourt-Smith in The Fourth Protocol (1987), voiced the giant Acromantula spider Aragog in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), and appeared as conductor Andris Davis in the psychological drama Tár (2022).
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